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Cartoon
Very serious
Cartoons by Massoud Shojai Tabatabai
June 16, 2000
The Iranian
Massoud Shojai Tabatabai is the webmaster of irancartoon.com and the
director of Iran's House of Cartoon. He has won several international and
was a member of the jury for the Nasredin Hodja cartoon contest in Turkey
last year >>>
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Opinion
Let's face it
A trial or a circus?
By Pedram Moallemian
June 16, 2000
The Iranian
The trial of thirteen Iranians as alleged spies has ended and a verdict
is expected soon. Their religion or even political belief should matter
very little, as they are Iranian, regardless...
Some say, "But wait. Didn't they confess?" Oh yes! and I am
certain the "confessions" were done without any pressure, while
they were fully informed of their legal rights and with their lawyers present.
Please, give all of us a break! If their "confessions" are taken
at face value, then every confession made by Iranian dissidents over the
last 20 years must also have been valid. >>>
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Outlook
'60 Minutes' Faces Doubts on Reported Terrorist 'Czar'
By BILL CARTER
The New York Times
June 16, 2000
On Sunday, June 4, the CBS News program "60 Minutes" showed
a striking report as its lead segment: A man claiming to be Ahmad Behbahani,
a "czar of Iranian state-sponsored terrorism," was being held
under armed guard in Turkey, where he was seeking to get his story out...
Nearly two weeks later, "60 Minutes" is still not sure who the
man is, and the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
are saying he is an imposter. In addition, "60 Minutes" has backed
off somewhat on his importance >>>
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Remedial assistance rebuffed
'No, thanks,' say non-native students to English classes
officials insist they take; their teachers agree they're unnecessary
June 16, 2000 , EL CERRITO (Contra Costa Times) -- Four years after
moving with her family from Iran to Pinole, 16-year-old Pegah Moghaddam
speaks English with the fluid ease of a native, with just a hint of a Farsi
accent. Her writing, however, bears more marks that English is not her
first language. Yet the occasional mismatched verb tense or misplaced preposition
hasn't kept her from earning A's in her mainstream sophomore English class
at El Cerrito High. And teachers have placed her in an honors English class
next year >>>
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Left hook
Iran-U.S.
International Haftegi: The Islamic Republic is constantly retreating
from its position vis a vis the U.S. >>>
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* Nice way to start a war
Bill Phillipson
writes to CBS television's "60 Minutes":
I watched your show on the supposed "Iranian Defector", and
became very incensed - even furious at the thought of Iran having been
responsible for the PanAm bombing ["Iran
Defector Talks To 60 Minutes"]. Frankly, I thought it appropriate
- even at this late date - for the US to take strong military measures
against Iran consequent to the "proof" which you offered.
Lo and behold! It turns out that your supposedly unimpeachable source
is a fraud and that the story you presented was - in all significant respects
- false ["Iranian
Defector Called an Impostor "].
Nice way to start a war >>>
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* "Iran Pride" vs. Nike?
"eyeranian"
writes: As a professional graphic designer and someone who has had
more than a few battles over copyrights and ownership of images, allow
me be the first one to warn Iranians for International Cooperation (IIC)
and their visual communication designer, Siamack Sahafi, that their new
"Iran Pride" logo
WILL most likely draw the attention of Nike >>>
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* Misguided generation
Iram Fatima Vakil writes:
I'm not Iranian, but I know and believe that what Aytollah Khomeini
did was not something any ordinary person like our own selves can do...
And today two decades after the revolution, the new generation is a little
misguided ["Three
years later"]. They says they want freedom, but don't they realize
that they got thier freedom 20 years ago >>>
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* What the hell?
Hamid Atabakksh writes: What the hell is the point ["Sisters"]?
Don't waste my time.
Panel: Inside Iran's Domestic Politics,
New York
Inside Iran's Domestic Politics, a panel discussion on Tuesday, June
27, 2000, 6:30 - 8:30pm at Lighthouse International (111 E. 59th Street,
between Lexington and Park, New York City. Panelists: Elaine Sciolino,
Senior Writer, The New York Times,
-- Elahé Sharifpour-Hicks, Researcher, Human Rights Watch
-- Gary G. Sick, Senior Research Scholar and Director, Gulf/2000 Project,
Columbia University -- Moderator: Nicholas Platt, President, Asia Society.
To register, call 212-517-ASIA or email policy@asiasoc.org
Book
Being
Modern in Iran
By Fariba Adelkhah
2000, Columbia University Press
What does it mean to be modern in Iran today? Can one properly speak
of modernity in relation to what many consider to be the paradigmatic Islamic
state? Since its1979 revolution seized the world´s attention, the
Islamic Republic of Iran has remained a subject of misunderstanding, passion,
and polemic, making these questions difficult to answer - or even to ask.
This book - a study of Iran´s political culture in the broadest and
deepest sense - looks into both of these questions by examining the tremendous
changes taking place in Iran today >>>
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Houshmand:
You're so coupled to life, which lasts but a day,
That you can't even hear talk of death.
Life looks for a home and finds it in death,
But your donkey fell asleep on the way.
-- Rumi
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Guardian Council throws out two elections
TEHRAN,
June 16 (AFP) - Iran's election watchdog group has thrown out the second-round
elections of two reformists, bringing to 11 the number of seats for which
a new round of voting will need to be held, Iran's official IRNA news agency
said Friday >>> FULL TEXT
Government issues warnings to six film
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TEHRAN,
June 16 (AFP) - Six Iranian film magazines have received warnings after
they published pictures of actors from before the Islamic Revolution, a
state cultural official told the conservative newspaper Kayhan on Thursday
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Iran censors leading French publications
for "pornography"
TEHRAN,
June 16 (AFP) - The Iranian authorities have censored copies of the French
newspaper Le Monde and the magazine L'Express over the past few weeks after
judging reproductions of some French artwork pornographic. After receiving
complaints from subscribers, the mail delivery service TNT launched an investigation
and said the publications had been censored by duty officers at Tehran airport
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Iran looking to join G-15
TEHRAN,
June 16 (AFP) - Iran has asked to join the G-15 group of developing nations,
whose tenth summit opens in Cairo on Monday, and is counting on the support
of Malaysia, Iran's official IRNA news agency said Friday. "As well
as Iran, Saudi Arabia and South Africa have also asked to join," IRNA
said >>> FULL TEXT
Qajar fashion show
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Vossouqodeleh's residence was the perfect setting for a fashion
show of Qajar costumes. Versace and Chanel will be back too. You just wait
:-) >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Following French footsteps
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Siamak Derambaksh has made a documentary -- Safar beb Iran
--> Travel to Iran -- based on the travels of a 19th century French painter
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Bazargan to Boushehr
Tehran
(Hamshahri) -- Thirty historic guesthouses will be repaired from Bazargan
all the way to Boushehr to boost tourism >>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Esteqlal win Hazfi Cup
(Iran Sports Press) -- With video: Esteqlal won the Hazfi Cup defeating
Bahman Karaj 3-1 in the final on Friday at Azadi Stadium. While Bahman enjoyed
the better chances in the first half after hitting the cross bar twice,
it was Esteqlal that took the game at hand in the second half and defeated
Bahman >>> FULL TEXT
Full report
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Special feature on Estqlal's win over Bahman plus photos
>>> FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
Pour-Heydari smiles
Tehran
(Iran Varzeshi) -- Esteqlal head coach Mansour-Pourheydari feels on top
of the world after winning the elimination cup >>> FULL TEXT IN
PERSIAN
BBC
G-15
Iran has made a request for membership in
the G15 Group. Some membering countries have already expressed their support
of this membership >>>
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